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Slanetz PJ, Jarvik JG, Bailey JE, McGinty GB. Strategies for Radiology to Improve Population Health. J Am Coll Radiol 2024; 21:691-693. [PMID: 37495030 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Priscilla J Slanetz
- Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Radiology and Associate Program Director of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, and from the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Director, Early Career Faculty Development and Co-Director of the Academic Writing Program for Boston University Medical Group; Past-President, Massachusetts Radiological Society; President, Association of University Radiologists; and Subspecialty Chair, ACR Appropriateness Criteria Breast Imaging Panels.
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- Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Director of the University of Washington Clinical Learning, Evidence, and Research Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders; and President-Elect, Association of University Radiologists
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- Associate Chair for Education, Associate Program Director of the Integrated Interventional Radiology Residency, and Division Director of Breast Imaging at the University of Michigan Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan; chairs the ACGME Radiology Residency Review Committee; Past President of the Association of University Radiologists and the Association of Program Directors in Radiology
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- Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Departments of Radiology and Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; past chair of the ACR's Board of Chancellors as well as a past President of the Society
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Linet MS, Applegate KE, McCollough CH, Bailey JE, Bright C, Bushberg JT, Chanock SJ, Coleman J, Dalal NH, Dauer LT, Davis PB, Eagar RY, Frija G, Held KD, Kachnic LA, Kiess AP, Klein LW, Kosti O, Miller CW, Miller-Thomas MM, Straus C, Vapiwala N, Wieder JS, Yoo DC, Brink JA, Dalrymple JL. A Multimedia Strategy to Integrate Introductory Broad-Based Radiation Science Education in US Medical Schools. J Am Coll Radiol 2023; 20:251-264. [PMID: 36130692 PMCID: PMC10578400 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2022.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
US physicians in multiple specialties who order or conduct radiological procedures lack formal radiation science education and thus sometimes order procedures of limited benefit or fail to order what is necessary. To this end, a multidisciplinary expert group proposed an introductory broad-based radiation science educational program for US medical schools. Suggested preclinical elements of the curriculum include foundational education on ionizing and nonionizing radiation (eg, definitions, dose metrics, and risk measures) and short- and long-term radiation-related health effects as well as introduction to radiology, radiation therapy, and radiation protection concepts. Recommended clinical elements of the curriculum would impart knowledge and practical experience in radiology, fluoroscopically guided procedures, nuclear medicine, radiation oncology, and identification of patient subgroups requiring special considerations when selecting specific ionizing or nonionizing diagnostic or therapeutic radiation procedures. Critical components of the clinical program would also include educational material and direct experience with patient-centered communication on benefits of, risks of, and shared decision making about ionizing and nonionizing radiation procedures and on health effects and safety requirements for environmental and occupational exposure to ionizing and nonionizing radiation. Overarching is the introduction to evidence-based guidelines for procedures that maximize clinical benefit while limiting unnecessary risk. The content would be further developed, directed, and integrated within the curriculum by local faculties and would address multiple standard elements of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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- Martha S Linet
- Chief and Senior Investigator, Radiation Epidemiology Branch (retired) and currently NIH Scientist Emerita, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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- Division Chief and Professor of Pediatric Radiology (retired), University of Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, and currently Chair of Committee 3 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, Ottawa, Canada
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- Brooks-Hollern Professor of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Professor of Radiology and Associate Chair for Education in Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Associate Dean for Admissions and Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina's Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina
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- Clinical Professor of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, and Vice President, National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Director and Chief of the Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Executive Director of the Medical Educational Council of Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida
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- Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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- Attending Physicist, Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Dean School of Medicine (emerita) and Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Research Professor, Center for Community Health Integration, and Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Diagnostic Radiology Resident, Department of Radiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Professor of Radiology (Emeritus), Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- President of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, Maryland, and Associate Radiation Biologist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences and Director of the Residency Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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- Senior Program Officer at the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC
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- Chief (retired) Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, and currently a Consultant in Nuclear and Radiological Environmental Health, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Associate Professor of Radiology and Director of Medical Student Education at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Associate Professor of Radiology and Director of Medical Student Education, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Director of the Center for Radiation Information and Outreach, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
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- Director of Nuclear Medicine, Miriam Hospital and Professor of Diagnostic Imaging and Clinical Educator, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Chair, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and Associate Dean for Medical Education Quality Improvement, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and Associate Chair and Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs and Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Swanson KJ, Jaar GS, Mayes DC, Mancini RC, Ivanov VV, Astanovitskiy AL, Dmitriev O, Klemmer AW, De La Cruz C, Dolan D, Porwitzky A, Loisel GP, Bailey JE. Development and integration of photonic Doppler velocimetry as a diagnostic for radiation driven experiments on the Z-machine. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:043502. [PMID: 35489931 DOI: 10.1063/5.0084638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Plasma density measurements are key to a wide variety of high-energy-density (HED) and laboratory astrophysics experiments. We present a creative application of photonic Doppler velocimetry (PDV) from which time- and spatially resolved electron density measurements can be made. PDV has been implemented for the first time in close proximity, ∼6 cm, to the high-intensity radiation flux produced by a z-pinch dynamic hohlraum on the Z-machine. Multiple PDV probes were incorporated into the photoionized gas cell platform. Two probes, spaced 4 mm apart, were used to assess plasma density and uniformity in the central region of the gas cell during the formation of the plasma. Electron density time histories with subnanosecond resolution were extracted from PDV measurements taken from the gas cells fielded with neon at 15 Torr. As well, a null shot with no gas fill in the cell was fielded. A major achievement was the low noise high-quality measurements made in the harsh environment produced by the mega-joules of x-ray energy emitted at the collapse of the z-pinch implosion. To evaluate time dependent radiation induced effects in the fiber optic system, two PDV noise probes were included on either side of the gas cell. The success of this alternative use of PDV demonstrates that it is a reliable, precise, and affordable new electron density diagnostic for radiation driven experiments and more generally HED experiments.
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- K J Swanson
- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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Khaja MS, Jo A, Sherk WM, Majdalany BS, Dunnick NR, Bailey JE, Saad WE. Perspective on the New IR Residency Selection Process: 4-year Experience at a Large, Collaborative Training Program. Acad Radiol 2022; 29:469-472. [PMID: 33602595 PMCID: PMC8803050 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2021.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
Abstract
Interventional Radiology (IR) was officially approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties in 2012 and the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education as a unique, integrated residency in 2014. Its establishment and distinction from diagnostic radiology was compelled by the increasing emphasis on clinical care delivery by IRs. The shift in the IR training paradigm, as exemplified in the Integrated IR residency programs, appeals to a distinct cohort of applicants, prompting the need to re-evaluate the recruitment and selection process. This article discusses selection criteria for identifying ideal candidates for the new IR training model (focusing on Integrated IR residency training), highlights the importance of collaboration between the IR and DR selection committees, and illustrates the changes made at a single institution over the course of 4 selection cycles prior to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as significant changes in the current climate of the global pandemic.
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Mayes DC, Mancini RC, Lockard TE, Hall IM, Bailey JE, Loisel GP, Nagayama T, Rochau GA, Liedahl DA. Observation of ionization trends in a laboratory photoionized plasma experiment at Z. Phys Rev E 2021; 104:035202. [PMID: 34654098 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.035202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
We report experimental and modeling results for the charge state distribution of laboratory photoionized neon plasmas in the first systematic study over nearly an order of magnitude range of ionization parameter ξ∝F/N_{e}. The range of ξ is achieved by flexibility in the experimental platform to adjust either the x-ray drive flux F at the sample or the electron number density N_{e} or both. Experimental measurements of photoionized plasma conditions over such a range of parameters enable a stringent test of atomic kinetics models used within codes that are applied to photoionized plasmas in the laboratory and astrophysics. From experimental transmission data, ion areal densities are extracted by spectroscopic analysis that is independent of atomic kinetics modeling. The measurements reveal the net result of the competition between photon-driven ionization and electron-driven recombination atomic processes as a function of ξ as it affects the charge state distribution. Results from radiation-hydrodynamics modeling calculations with detailed inline atomic kinetics modeling are compared with the experimental results. There is good agreement in the mean charge and overall qualitative similarities in the trends observed with ξ but significant quantitative differences in the fractional populations of individual ions.
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- D C Mayes
- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Dunham GS, Nagayama T, Bailey JE, Loisel GP. Background measurement methods for opacity experiments conducted at the Z facility. Rev Sci Instrum 2021; 92:083512. [PMID: 34470416 DOI: 10.1063/5.0057225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Laboratory experiments typically test opacity models by measuring spectrally resolved transmission of a sample using bright backlight radiation. A potential problem is that any unaccounted background signal contaminating the spectrum will artificially reduce the inferred opacity. Methods developed to measure background signals in opacity experiments at the Sandia Z facility are discussed. Preliminary measurements indicate that backgrounds are 9%-11% of the backlight signal at wavelengths less than 10 Å. Background is thus a relatively modest correction for all Z opacity data published to date. Future work will determine how important background is at longer wavelengths.
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- G S Dunham
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA
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Mancini RC, Lockard TE, Mayes DC, Hall IM, Loisel GP, Bailey JE, Rochau GA, Abdallah J, Golovkin IE, Liedahl D. X-ray heating and electron temperature of laboratory photoionized plasmas. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:051201. [PMID: 32575250 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.051201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
We discuss the experimental and modeling results for the x-ray heating and temperature of laboratory photoionized plasmas. A method is used to extract the electron temperature based on the analysis of transmission spectroscopy data that is independent of atomic kinetics modeling. The results emphasized the critical role of x-ray heating and radiation cooling in determining the energy balance of the plasma. They also demonstrated the dramatic impact of photoexcitation on excited-state populations, line emissivity, and radiation cooling. Modeling calculations performed with astrophysical codes significantly overestimated the measured temperature.
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- R C Mancini
- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Nagayama T, Bailey JE, Loisel GP, Dunham GS, Rochau GA, Blancard C, Colgan J, Cossé P, Faussurier G, Fontes CJ, Gilleron F, Hansen SB, Iglesias CA, Golovkin IE, Kilcrease DP, MacFarlane JJ, Mancini RC, More RM, Orban C, Pain JC, Sherrill ME, Wilson BG. Systematic Study of L-Shell Opacity at Stellar Interior Temperatures. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:235001. [PMID: 31298873 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.235001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The first systematic study of opacity dependence on atomic number at stellar interior temperatures is used to evaluate discrepancies between measured and modeled iron opacity [J. E. Bailey et al., Nature (London) 517, 56 (2015)NATUAS0028-083610.1038/nature14048]. High-temperature (>180 eV) chromium and nickel opacities are measured with ±6%-10% uncertainty, using the same methods employed in the previous iron experiments. The 10%-20% experiment reproducibility demonstrates experiment reliability. The overall model-data disagreements are smaller than for iron. However, the systematic study reveals shortcomings in models for density effects, excited states, and open L-shell configurations. The 30%-45% underestimate in the modeled quasicontinuum opacity at short wavelengths was observed only from iron and only at temperature above 180 eV. Thus, either opacity theories are missing physics that has nonmonotonic dependence on the number of bound electrons or there is an experimental flaw unique to the iron measurement at temperatures above 180 eV.
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- T Nagayama
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
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- University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Khaja MS, Sherk WM, Gauger PG, Hughes DT, Dunnick NR, Bailey JE, Saad WE. Establishing a Surgical Preliminary Year in the IR Residency: Keys to Success. Acad Radiol 2019; 26:295-297. [PMID: 30195414 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2018.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The training paradigm of the interventional radiologist has quickly evolved with the approval of the integrated interventional radiology (IR) residency by the American Board of Medical Specialties and the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education. Prior to appointment in an integrated IR program, a resident must complete a preliminary clinical year, which may be surgical, medical, or transitional. The unique procedural- and clinical-based skillset required of the IR resident is best aligned with a surgical preliminary year. The following is a review of the steps to successful creation of a surgical preliminary year based on a single institution's experience.
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- Minhaj S Khaja
- Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, SPC 5868, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5868.
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- Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, SPC 5868, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5868
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, SPC 5868, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5868
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Loisel GP, Lake PW, Nielsen-Weber LB, Wu M, Dunham GS, Bailey JE, Rochau GA. A compact multi-plane broadband (0.5-17 keV) spectrometer using a single acid phthalate crystal. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:10F117. [PMID: 30399839 DOI: 10.1063/1.5039371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Acid phthalate crystals such as KAP crystals are a method of choice to record x-ray spectra in the soft x-ray regime (E ∼ 1 keV) using the large (001) 2d = 26.63 Å spacing. Reflection from many other planes is possible, and knowledge of the 2d spacing, reflectivity, and resolution for these reflections is necessary to evaluate whether they hinder or help the measurements. Burkhalter et al. [J. Appl. Phys., 52, 4379 (1981)] showed that the (013) reflection has efficiency comparable to the 2nd order reflection (002), and it can overlap the main first order reflection when the crystal bending axis ( b -axis) is contained in the dispersion plane, thus contaminating the main (001) measurement in a convex crystal geometry. We present a novel spectrograph concept that makes these asymmetric reflections helpful by setting the crystal b -axis perpendicular to the dispersion plane. In such a case, asymmetric reflections do not overlap with the main (001) reflection and each reflection can be used as an independent spectrograph. Here we demonstrate an achieved spectral range of 0.8-13 keV with a prototype setup. The detector measurements were reproduced with a 3D ray-tracing code.
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- G P Loisel
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque 87185, New Mexico, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque 87185, New Mexico, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque 87185, New Mexico, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque 87185, New Mexico, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque 87185, New Mexico, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque 87185, New Mexico, USA
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Gaetke-Udager K, London ZN, Woolen S, Parmar H, Bailey JE, Barr DC. An Introductory, Computer-Based Learning Module for Interpreting Noncontrast Head Computed Tomography. MedEdPORTAL 2018; 14:10721. [PMID: 30800921 PMCID: PMC6342421 DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION New radiology and other residents must quickly assimilate a vast amount of anatomic and pathologic information when learning to interpret noncontrast head computed tomography (CT). No interactive, computer-based module using a search-pattern approach to provide new residents with the groundwork for interpretation of noncontrast head CT previously existed. METHODS We developed such a learning module using PowerPoint. First-year radiology residents completed the module prior to their neuroradiology rotation, and neurology residents completed it during orientation. Residents took 20-question pre- and posttests to assess knowledge and a postmodule survey. Each resident was randomized to one of two pretests and took the opposite as the posttest. Scores were collected over 5 years for radiology residents and 4 years for neurology residents. Statistical analysis of scores was performed using t tests. RESULTS Forty-seven first-year radiology residents and 31 neurology residents completed the module and the pre- and posttests. Scores for all residents either stayed the same or increased, regardless of the order of the versions of the pre- or posttests; the mean score increase was 4 (p < .0001) out of 20. Radiology residents had higher mean scores than neurology residents on the pre- and posttests, which were statistically significant (p < .04 and .0004, respectively). Feedback on the survey was overwhelmingly positive. DISCUSSION This computerized learning module is effective for teaching basic interpretation skills to new radiology and neurology residents. The module allows for asynchronous, programmed learning and the use of a step-by-step search-pattern approach.
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- Kara Gaetke-Udager
- Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School
- Residency Program Director, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School
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- Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School
- Residency Program Director, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School
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- Radiology Resident, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School
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- Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School
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- Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School
- Associate Chair of Education, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School
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- Radiologist, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Salisbury, NC
- Assistant Chief of Imaging, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Salisbury, NC
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Bailey LH, Jeffries DO, Bailey JJ, Pinsky RW, Bailey JE, Nan B, Ma T, Klein KA. Breast care problems on call: training residents to manage effectively. Emerg Radiol 2018; 25:375-380. [PMID: 29502287 DOI: 10.1007/s10140-018-1593-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Our aim was to assess and address the challenges radiology residents face when managing breast imaging emergencies on call and to determine if targeted educational interventions improved resident confidence and knowledge. METHODS We created surveys to determine resident comfort level with and knowledge of appropriate management of breast imaging emergencies. We also created structured educational interventions to improve resident confidence and knowledge. The effectiveness of these interventions was assessed with pre- and post-intervention surveys given to the 43 residents at our institution. RESULTS Thirty-six of the 43 residents at our institution completed both surveys. The results showed that 33 of 36 residents (91.7%) felt an increase in their comfort level after utilizing one or both of the interventions. There was also significant improvement in resident knowledge; the average resident score on the knowledge questions improved from 40 to 68% (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION Managing breast imaging emergencies on call can be challenging and stressful for residents. Educational interventions such as our targeted teaching tools can significantly improve resident confidence and knowledge. Presenting dedicated teaching materials directed at a previously identified knowledge deficit and source of stress significantly improved resident knowledge base and confidence in managing breast imaging emergencies on call.
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- Lin H Bailey
- Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan, 2910A TC SPC 5326, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan, 2910A TC SPC 5326, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan, 2910A TC SPC 5326, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan, 2910A TC SPC 5326, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan, 2910A TC SPC 5326, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan, 2910A TC SPC 5326, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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Loisel GP, Bailey JE, Liedahl DA, Fontes CJ, Kallman TR, Nagayama T, Hansen SB, Rochau GA, Mancini RC, Lee RW. Benchmark Experiment for Photoionized Plasma Emission from Accretion-Powered X-Ray Sources. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:075001. [PMID: 28949679 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.075001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The interpretation of x-ray spectra emerging from x-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei accreted plasmas relies on complex physical models for radiation generation and transport in photoionized plasmas. These models have not been sufficiently experimentally validated. We have developed a highly reproducible benchmark experiment to study spectrum formation from a photoionized silicon plasma in a regime comparable to astrophysical plasmas. Ionization predictions are higher than inferred from measured absorption spectra. Self-emission measured at adjustable column densities tests radiation transport effects, demonstrating that the resonant Auger destruction assumption used to interpret black hole accretion spectra is inaccurate.
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- G P Loisel
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Goddard Space Flight Center NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Nagayama T, Bailey JE, Loisel GP, Rochau GA, MacFarlane JJ, Golovkin IE. Numerical investigations of potential systematic uncertainties in iron opacity measurements at solar interior temperatures. Phys Rev E 2017; 95:063206. [PMID: 28709238 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.95.063206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Iron opacity calculations presently disagree with measurements at an electron temperature of ∼180-195 eV and an electron density of (2-4)×10^{22}cm^{-3}, conditions similar to those at the base of the solar convection zone. The measurements use x rays to volumetrically heat a thin iron sample that is tamped with low-Z materials. The opacity is inferred from spectrally resolved x-ray transmission measurements. Plasma self-emission, tamper attenuation, and temporal and spatial gradients can all potentially cause systematic errors in the measured opacity spectra. In this article we quantitatively evaluate these potential errors with numerical investigations. The analysis exploits computer simulations that were previously found to reproduce the experimentally measured plasma conditions. The simulations, combined with a spectral synthesis model, enable evaluations of individual and combined potential errors in order to estimate their potential effects on the opacity measurement. The results show that the errors considered here do not account for the previously observed model-data discrepancies.
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- T Nagayama
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
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- Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
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Loisel GP, Wu M, Stolte W, Kruschwitz C, Lake P, Dunham GS, Bailey JE, Rochau GA. Measurement and models of bent KAP(001) crystal integrated reflectivity and resolution (invited). Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:11D502. [PMID: 27910652 DOI: 10.1063/1.4960149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The Advanced Light Source beamline-9.3.1 x-rays are used to calibrate the rocking curve of bent potassium acid phthalate (KAP) crystals in the 2.3-4.5 keV photon-energy range. Crystals are bent on a cylindrically convex substrate with a radius of curvature ranging from 2 to 9 in. and also including the flat case to observe the effect of bending on the KAP spectrometric properties. As the bending radius increases, the crystal reflectivity converges to the mosaic crystal response. The X-ray Oriented Programs (xop) multi-lamellar model of bent crystals is used to model the rocking curve of these crystals and the calibration data confirm that a single model is adequate to reproduce simultaneously all measured integrated reflectivities and rocking-curve FWHM for multiple radii of curvature in both 1st and 2nd order of diffraction.
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- G P Loisel
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- National Security Technologies, LLC, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- National Security Technologies, LLC, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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Nagayama T, Bailey JE, Loisel G, Rochau GA, MacFarlane JJ, Golovkin I. Calibrated simulations of Z opacity experiments that reproduce the experimentally measured plasma conditions. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:023202. [PMID: 26986427 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.023202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Recently, frequency-resolved iron opacity measurements at electron temperatures of 170-200 eV and electron densities of (0.7-4.0)×10(22)cm(-3) revealed a 30-400% disagreement with the calculated opacities [J. E. Bailey et al., Nature (London) 517, 56 (2015)]. The discrepancies have a high impact on astrophysics, atomic physics, and high-energy density physics, and it is important to verify our understanding of the experimental platform with simulations. Reliable simulations are challenging because the temporal and spatial evolution of the source radiation and of the sample plasma are both complex and incompletely diagnosed. In this article, we describe simulations that reproduce the measured temperature and density in recent iron opacity experiments performed at the Sandia National Laboratories Z facility. The time-dependent spectral irradiance at the sample is estimated using the measured time- and space-dependent source radiation distribution, in situ source-to-sample distance measurements, and a three-dimensional (3D) view-factor code. The inferred spectral irradiance is used to drive 1D sample radiation hydrodynamics simulations. The images recorded by slit-imaged space-resolved spectrometers are modeled by solving radiation transport of the source radiation through the sample. We find that the same drive radiation time history successfully reproduces the measured plasma conditions for eight different opacity experiments. These results provide a quantitative physical explanation for the observed dependence of both temperature and density on the sample configuration. Simulated spectral images for the experiments without the FeMg sample show quantitative agreement with the measured spectral images. The agreement in spectral profile, spatial profile, and brightness provides further confidence in our understanding of the backlight-radiation time history and image formation. These simulations bridge the static-uniform picture of the data interpretation and the dynamic-gradient reality of the experiments, and they will allow us to quantitatively assess the impact of effects neglected in the data interpretation.
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- T Nagayama
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, USA
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- Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, USA
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Gaetke-Udager K, E. Maturen K, C. Barr D, Watcharotone K, E. Bailey J. Benefits of a resident-run orientation for new radiology trainees. J Educ Eval Health Prof 2015; 12:24. [PMID: 26072902 PMCID: PMC4536350 DOI: 10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Incoming radiology residents must rapidly assimilate large amounts of technical, medical, and operational information. This can be overwhelming and contribute to anxiety. Typical introductory curricula focused on radiologic content may not address the concerns of new residents. Two consecutive classes of incoming radiology residents participated in our study. For groups A (n=11) and B (n=11), the existing introductory lectures were given by faculty. For group B, residents hosted sessions for each rotation, including round-table discussions and work area tours, with emphasis on resident roles, personnel, and workflow. With institutional review board exemption, residents were anonymously surveyed before and after the sessions regarding: awareness of responsibilities, familiarity with anatomy, and anxiety regarding each rotation on a 1-4 scale. Free-text comments were collected. Comparison was performed using Wilcoxon rank sum test. Group A reported increased role awareness (P=0.04), greater content familiarity (P<0.05), and decreased anxiety (P=0.02) in one rotation each. There were 3 of 12 rotations in group B that showed significantly increased role awareness (P range <0.01 to 0.01) and decreased anxiety (P range <0.01 to <0.05). In addition, two rotations indicated improved role awareness only (P=0.02 and P=0.04), while there were four rotations reported decreased anxiety only (P range 0.01 to 0.03). Free-text commenters preferred the resident-run portions of the sessions. In conclusion, adding role-oriented introductory sessions to existing lectures for first-year residents decreased anxiety and increased role awareness for all rotations; therefore, it is suggested that anxiety may be better addressed by role-oriented content, and resident-to-resident teaching may have benefits.
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- Kara Gaetke-Udager
- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA
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- Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA
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Grimm LJ, Desser TS, Bailey JE, Maxfield CM. Applicant to Residency Program Translation Guide. J Am Coll Radiol 2015; 12:622-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Harding EC, Ao T, Bailey JE, Loisel G, Sinars DB, Geissel M, Rochau GA, Smith IC. Analysis and implementation of a space resolving spherical crystal spectrometer for x-ray Thomson scattering experiments. Rev Sci Instrum 2015; 86:043504. [PMID: 25933859 DOI: 10.1063/1.4918619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The application of a space-resolving spectrometer to X-ray Thomson Scattering (XRTS) experiments has the potential to advance the study of warm dense matter. This has motivated the design of a spherical crystal spectrometer, which is a doubly focusing geometry with an overall high sensitivity and the capability of providing high-resolution, space-resolved spectra. A detailed analysis of the image fluence and crystal throughput in this geometry is carried out and analytical estimates of these quantities are presented. This analysis informed the design of a new spectrometer intended for future XRTS experiments on the Z-machine. The new spectrometer collects 6 keV x-rays with a spherically bent Ge (422) crystal and focuses the collected x-rays onto the Rowland circle. The spectrometer was built and then tested with a foam target. The resulting high-quality spectra prove that a spherical spectrometer is a viable diagnostic for XRTS experiments.
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- E C Harding
- Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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Leschied JR, Glazer DI, Bailey JE, Maturen KE. Improving our PRODUCT: a quality and safety improvement project demonstrating the value of a preprocedural checklist for fluoroscopy. Acad Radiol 2015; 22:400-7. [PMID: 25442798 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To implement a preprocedural checklist in gastrointestinal (GI)/genitourinary (GU) fluoroscopy suites to assist radiology residents in performing studies with optimal fluoroscopic technique with a goal to lower radiation dose delivered to patients and operators. MATERIALS AND METHODS We introduced a preprocedural checklist in the form of a mnemonic to first-year resident fluoroscopy operators. The checklist was augmented by teaching sessions at the fluoroscopy tower. Fluoroscopy time (FT) was collected for GI/GU fluoroscopy studies performed by first-year residents who did not use the checklist (year 1) and compared with FT from first-year residents who used the checklist for one full academic year (year 2). Residents in both groups were surveyed to assess their knowledge of radiation safety at the end of their respective radiology 1 (R1) academic years. RESULTS A total of 778 examinations were analyzed from year 1, and 941 total examinations from year 2. After implementation of the checklist, mean FT for all studies decreased by 41.1 seconds (P < .0001) in year 2 residents. Multivariate linear regression confirmed that year of examination was the strongest independent predictor of FT when other covariates such as resident age, gender, and experience and patient age and gender were included. Radiation safety knowledge was similar in both groups but self-reported confidence in safe fluoroscopy tower operation increased slightly in year 2 (P = .144). CONCLUSIONS A visual preprocedural radiation safety checklist in GI/GU fluoroscopy was associated with a reduction in mean FT and may contribute to a culture of radiation safety awareness.
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Nagayama T, Bailey JE, Loisel G, Rochau GA, Falcon RE. Parallax diagnostics of radiation source geometric dilution for iron opacity experiments. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:11D603. [PMID: 25430179 DOI: 10.1063/1.4889776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Experimental tests are in progress to evaluate the accuracy of the modeled iron opacity at solar interior conditions [J. E. Bailey et al., Phys. Plasmas 16, 058101 (2009)]. The iron sample is placed on top of the Sandia National Laboratories z-pinch dynamic hohlraum (ZPDH) radiation source. The samples are heated to 150-200 eV electron temperatures and 7× 10(21)-4× 10(22) cm(-3) electron densities by the ZPDH radiation and backlit at its stagnation [T. Nagayama et al., Phys. Plasmas 21, 056502 (2014)]. The backlighter attenuated by the heated sample plasma is measured by four spectrometers along ±9° with respect to the z-pinch axis to infer the sample iron opacity. Here, we describe measurements of the source-to-sample distance that exploit the parallax of spectrometers that view the half-moon-shaped sample from ±9°. The measured sample temperature decreases with increased source-to-sample distance. This distance must be taken into account for understanding the sample heating.
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- T Nagayama
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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Seagull FJ, Bailey JE, Trout A, Cohan RH, Lypson ML. Residents' ability to interpret radiology images: development and improvement of an assessment tool. Acad Radiol 2014; 21:909-15. [PMID: 24928160 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Despite increasing radiology coverage, nonradiology residents continue to preliminarily interpret basic radiologic studies independently, yet their ability to do so accurately is not routinely assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS An online test of basic radiologic image interpretation was developed through an iterative process. Educational objectives were established, then questions and images were gathered to create an assessment. The test was administered online to first-year interns (postgraduate year [PGY] 1) from 14 different specialties, as well as a sample of third- and fourth-year radiology residents (PGY3/R2 and PGY4/R3). RESULTS Over a 2-year period, 368 residents were assessed, including PGY1 (n = 349), PGY3/R2 (n = 14), and PGY4/R3 (n = 5) residents. Overall, the test discriminated effectively between interns (average score = 66%) and advanced residents (R2 = 86%, R3 = 89%; P < .05). Item analysis indicated discrimination indices ranging from -0.72 to 48.3 (mean = 3.12, median 0.58) for individual questions, including four questions with negative discrimination indices. After removal of the negatively indexed questions, the overall predictive value of the instrument persisted and discrimination indices increased for all but one of the remaining questions (range 0.027-70.8, mean 5.76, median 0.94). CONCLUSIONS Validation of an initial iteration of an assessment of basic image-interpretation skills led to revisions that improved the test. The results offer a specific test of radiologic reading skills with validation evidence for residents. More generally, results demonstrate a principled approach to test development.
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Collins J, Gruppen LD, Bailey JE, Bokhari SAJ, Paladin AM, Robbins J, White RD. 24/7/365 in-house radiologist coverage: effect on resident education. Acad Radiol 2014; 21:842-50. [PMID: 24735756 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Revised: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To compare programs with and without 24-hour/7 days a week/365 days a year (24/7/365) in-house radiologist coverage regarding resident perceptions of their on-call experience, volume of resident dictations on call, and report turnaround time. MATERIALS AND METHODS Residents from six academic radiology departments were invited to participate in an 11-item online survey. Survey items were related to workload, level of autonomy, faculty feedback, comfort level, faculty supervision, and overall educational experience while on call from 8 pm to 8 am. Each site provided data on imaging volume, radiologist coverage, volume of examinations dictated by residents, number of residents on call, and report turnaround time from 8 pm to 8 am. F-ratios and eta-squares were calculated to determine the relationships between dependent and independent variables. A P value < .05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS A total of 146 (67%) of 217 residents responded. Residents in programs with 24/7/365 in-house radiologist coverage dictated a lower percentage of examinations (46%) compared with other residents (81%) and rated faculty feedback more positively (mean 3.8 vs. 3.3) but rated their level of autonomy (mean 3.6 vs. 4.5) and educational experience (mean 3.6 vs. 4.2) more negatively (all P < .05). Report turnaround time was lower in programs with 24/7/365 coverage than those without (mean 1.7 hours vs. 9.1 hours). The majority of resident comments were negative and related to loss of autonomy with 24/7/365 coverage. CONCLUSION More rapid report turnaround time related to 24/7/365 coverage may come at the expense of resident education.
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- Jannette Collins
- Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 234 Goodman Street, P.O. Box 670761, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0761.
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- Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Radiology, University of Washington College of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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Modifying substrate uptake systems is a potentially powerful tool in metabolic engineering. This research investigates energetic and metabolic changes brought about by the genetic modification of the glucose uptake and phosphorylation system of Escherichia coli. The engineered strain PPA316, which lacks the E. coli phosphotransferase system (PTS) and uses instead the galactose-proton symport system for glucose uptake, exhibited significantly altered metabolic patterns relative to the parent strain PPA305 which retains PTS activity. Replacement of a PTS uptake system by the galactose-proton symport system is expected to lower the carbon flux to pyruvate in both aerobic and anaerobic cultivations. The extra energy cost in substrate uptake for the non-PTS strain PPA 316 had a greater effect on anaerobic specific growth rate, which was reduced by a factor of five relative to PPA 305, while PPA 316 reached a specific growth rate of 60% of that of the PTS strain under aerobic conditions. The maximal cell densities obtained with PPA 316 were approximately 8% higher than those of the PTS strain under aerobic conditions and 14% lower under anaerobic conditions. In vivo NMR results showed that the non-PTS strain possesses a dramatically different intracellular environment, as evidenced by lower levels of total sugar phosphate, NAD(H), nucleoside triphosphates and phosphoenolpyruvate, and higher levels of nucleoside diphosphates. The sugar phosphate compositions, as measured by extract NMR, were considerably different between these two strains. Data suggest that limitations in the rates of steps catalyzed by glucokinase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, phosphofructokinase, and pyruvate kinase may be responsible for the low overall rate of glucose metabolism in PPA316. (c) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 56: 583-590, 1997.
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- R Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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The classical method of metabolic engineering, identifying a rate-determining step in a pathway and alleviating the bottleneck by enzyme overexpression, has motivated much research but has enjoyed only limited practical success. Intervention of other limiting steps, of counterbalancing regulation, and of unknown coupled pathways often confounds this direct approach. Here the concept of inverse metabolic engineering is codified and its application is illustrated with several examples. Inverse metabolic engineering means the elucidation of a metabolic engineering strategy by: first, identifying, constructing, or calculating a desired phenotype; second, determining the genetic or the particular environmental factors conferring that phenotype; and third, endowing that phenotype on another strain or organism by directed genetic or environmental manipulation. This paradigm has been successfully applied in several contexts, including elimination of growth factor requirements in mammalian cell culture and increasing the energetic efficiency of microaerobic bacterial respiration. (c) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- J E Bailey
- Institute of Biotechnology, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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The concepts of artificial intelligence have been applied for the development of a software system for metabolic pathway synthesis (MPS). An easily expandable data base system for storing enzyme and substance descriptions is used by a search algorithm for the identification of possible ways to interconvert carbon-carrying metabolites. A versatile screening capability permits the user to identify all pathways which contain or exclude any combination of enzymes, substrates, and/or products. Information provided by MPS can be used to predict on a qualitative basis the effects of adding or deleting enzymatic activities to or from the cellular environment, to classify pathways with respect to cellular objectives, and to extract information about metabolic regulation. MPS can be used subsequently to aid the identification of appropriate genotypes or genetic modifications that will redirect metabolism towards amplified production of desirable bioproducts. Two examples illustrating the capabilities of MPS are presented. In the first example, which considers the conversion of glucose 6-phosphate to pyruvate, MPS synthesized the classical catabolic pathways (EMP, pentose phosphate and ED) along with possible variations. A route for the biosynthesis of L-alanine that does not incorporate the enzyme alanine aminotransferase was revealed by MPS during synthesis of alternative pathways which produce L-alanine from pyruvate.
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- A Seressiotis
- Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- A Seressiotis
- Chemical Engineering, California Institute of technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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The ability to switch metabolic flow from one pathway to another at a desired point in a bioprocess expands the horizons of metabolic engineering. Such an externally inducible switch can be realized by embedding synthetic operons behind tow corss-regulated promoters. This results in coordinated cessation of transcription of one operon while transcription of a second operon is simultaneously activated. The ability to effect such coordinated and inverse control of transcription of two operons has been illustrated experimentally using a model construct containing two different reporter genes, Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT), fused to lambdaP(L) and tac promoters, respectively, along with corresponding repressor genes in a cross-regulation configuration. Only VHb production was observed preinduction, and postinduction only CAT was produced. The framework presented here and its obvious extensions can be used with different combinations of promoter systems and synthetic operon constructs to achieve complicated metabolic flux regulation in diverse host. (c) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- W Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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Tsai PS, Rao G, Bailey JE. Improvement of Escherichia coli microaerobic oxygen metabolism by Vitreoscilla hemoglobin: New insights from NAD(P)H fluorescence and culture redox potential. Biotechnol Bioeng 2012; 47:347-54. [PMID: 18623410 DOI: 10.1002/bit.260470309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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On-line NAD(P)H fluorescence and culture redox potential (CRP) measurements were utilized to investigate the role of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) in perturbing oxygen metabolism of microaerobic Escherichia coli Batch cultures of a VHb-synthesizing E. coli strain and the iso-genic control under fully aerated conditions were subject to several high/low oxygen transitions, and the NAD(P)H fluorescence and CRP were monitored during these passages. The presence of VHb decreased the rate of net NAD(P)H generation by 2.4-fold under diminishing oxygen tension. In the absence of aeration, the strain producing VHb maintained a steady NAD(P)H level 1.8-fold less than that of the control, indicating that the presence of VHb keeps E. coli in a more oxidized state under oxygen-limited conditions. Estimated from CRP, the oxygen uptake rates near anoxia were 25% higher for cells with VHb than those without. These results suggest that VHb-expressing cells have a higher microaerobic electron transport chain turnover rate. To examine how NAD(P)H utilization of VHb-expressing cells responds to rapidly changing oxygen tension, which is common in large-scale fermentations, we pulsed air intermittently into a cell suspension and recorded the fluorescence response to the imposed dissolved oxygen (DO) fluctuation. Relative to the control, cells containing VHb had a sluggish fluorescence response to sudden changes of oxygen tension, suggesting that VHb buffers intracellular redox perturbations caused by extracellular DO fluctuations.(c) John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- P S Tsai
- Institute of Biotechnology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- N A da Silva
- Chemical Engineering Department, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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Loisel G, Bailey JE, Rochau GA, Dunham GS, Nielsen-Weber LB, Ball CR. A methodology for calibrating wavelength dependent spectral resolution for crystal spectrometers. Rev Sci Instrum 2012; 83:10E133. [PMID: 23126954 DOI: 10.1063/1.4740269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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High quality absorption spectroscopy measurements were recently achieved at the Sandia National Laboratories Z facility in the soft x-ray range. Detailed spectral resolution knowledge is a key requirement for their interpretation. We present a methodology for measuring the wavelength dependent crystal spectral resolution, with a particular focus on the 7-17 Å range. We apply this procedure to the case of 1st order resolution of a potassium acid phthalate (KAP) convex crystal spectrometer. One calibration issue is that inferring the crystal resolution requires that the x-ray source emission feature widths and spectral profiles are known. To this aim, we resolve Manson x-ray source Si, Al, and Mg Kα line profiles using a KAP crystal spectrometer in 2nd order to achieve relatively high resolution. This information is exploited to measure 1st order KAP resolving powers λ∕Δλ∼1100-1300 in the 7-10 Å wavelength range.
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- G Loisel
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.
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Gomez MR, Rochau GA, Bailey JE, Dunham GS, Kernaghan MD, Gard P, Robertson GK, Owen AC, Argo JW, Nielsen DS, Lake PW. Pinned, optically aligned diagnostic dock for use on the Z facility. Rev Sci Instrum 2012; 83:10D714. [PMID: 23126888 DOI: 10.1063/1.4732848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The pinned optically aligned diagnostic dock (PODD) is a multi-configuration diagnostic platform designed to measure x-ray emission on the Z facility. The PODD houses two plasma emission acquisition (PEA) systems, which are aligned with a set of precision machined pins. The PEA systems are modular, allowing a single diagnostic housing to support several different diagnostics. The PEA configurations fielded to date include both time-resolved and time-integrated, 1D spatially resolving, elliptical crystal spectrometers, and time-integrated, 1D spatially resolving, convex crystal spectrometers. Additional proposed configurations include time-resolved, monochromatic mirrored pinhole imagers and arrays of filtered x-ray diodes, diamond photo-conducting diode detectors, and bolometers. The versatility of the PODD system will allow the diagnostic configuration of the Z facility to be changed without significantly adding to the turn-around time of the machine. Additionally, the PODD has been designed to allow instrument setup to be completed entirely off-line, leaving only a refined alignment process to be performed just prior to a shot, which is a significant improvement over the instrument the PODD replaces. Example data collected with the PODD are presented.
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- M R Gomez
- Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.
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Nagayama T, Bailey JE, Rochau GA, Hansen SB, Mancini RC, MacFarlane JJ, Golovkin I. Investigation of iron opacity experiment plasma gradients with synthetic data analyses. Rev Sci Instrum 2012; 83:10E128. [PMID: 23126949 DOI: 10.1063/1.4738662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Experiments have been performed at Sandia National Laboratories Z-facility to validate iron opacity models relevant to the solar convection/radiation zone boundary. Sample conditions were measured by mixing Mg with the Fe and using Mg K-shell line transmission spectra, assuming that the plasma was uniform. We develop a spectral model that accounts for hypothetical gradients, and compute synthetic spectra to quantitatively evaluate the plasma gradient size that can be diagnosed. Two sample designs are investigated, assuming linear temperature and density gradients. First, Mg uniformly mixed with Fe enables temperature gradients greater than 10% to be detected. The second design uses Mg mixed into one side and Al mixed into the other side of the sample in an attempt to more accurately infer the sample gradient. Both temperature and density gradients as small as a few percent can be detected with this design. Experiments have successfully recorded spectra with the second design. In future research, the spectral model will be used to place bounds on gradients that exist in Z opacity experiments.
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- T Nagayama
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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Hryhorczuk AL, Stephens T, Bude RO, Rubin JM, Bailey JE, Higgins EJ, Fox GA, Klein KA. Prevalence of malignancy in thyroid nodules with an initial nondiagnostic result after ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration. Ultrasound Med Biol 2012; 38:561-567. [PMID: 22341051 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Revised: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The objective of this study was to determine the rate of malignancy in thyroid nodules with an initial nondiagnostic fine needle aspiration. From October 2001 to April 2007, biopsies were performed on 1344 thyroid nodules in our practice. Biopsies were performed on nodules using 25-27 gauge needles, ultrasound guidance and multiple passes using both suction and capillary action. We retrospectively reviewed the results of these biopsies as well as any further management of nodules that received nondiagnostic results (IRB HUM00006459). Following initial biopsy, 295/1344 (21.9%) of nodules received nondiagnostic pathologic results. Of this population, 39 nodules (13.1%) were lost to follow-up. Of the remaining 256 nodules that received a repeat FNA, surgical excision, or greater than 24 months of clinical and imaging follow-up, only five cancers were detected, representing only 2% of the population that received an initial nondiagnostic biopsy result. All of these cancers were papillary neoplasms. When rigorous, ultrasound-guided, fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules is performed, a nondiagnostic histopathologic result should not be interpreted as suspicious for thyroid cancer. Given the low rate of malignancy in this population (2%), we suggest that clinical and imaging follow-up of these nodules, opposed to repeat sampling, is warranted.
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Prescott A, Bailey JE, Kelly KJ, Munyombwe T, Gray A, Summers LKM. The effectiveness and cost of single and multi-factorial cardiovascular risk factor modification to guideline targets in type 2 diabetes. Prim Care Diabetes 2012; 6:67-73. [PMID: 22225755 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2011.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Revised: 12/03/2011] [Accepted: 12/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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AIMS Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in type 2 diabetes (T2DM), at huge cost to the NHS. We investigated the potential effect on population cardiovascular risk and associated costs of single and multi-factorial intervention, to target levels, in individuals with T2DM. METHODS Baseline population means and proportions for cardiovascular risk factors were calculated for 159 patients with T2DM from 3 general practices. Predicted 10year cardiovascular risk, and associated costs were calculated using the LIP2687 risk calculator, based on Framingham and UKPDS equations. Systolic blood pressure, HbA(1C), total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol were altered to NICE and SIGN target levels and the model run again. The difference in outcomes was observed. RESULTS 45%, 76% and 38% of patients met NICE targets for cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and HbA1c, respectively. As expected, comparing the two guidelines, fewer patients met the 'stricter' targets (P=0.0001). Treatment-to-target produced no significant difference in cardiovascular risk or costs, although greater reductions in outcomes were seen with multi-factorial intervention. CONCLUSION This small study suggests that intervention in only those patients with the highest cardiovascular risk brings little reduction in population cardiovascular risk and associated health costs. Multi-factorial intervention in all patients with T2DM, regardless of baseline values, is likely to bring greater reductions. This raises the question as to whether the current emphasis on treatment to target should be modified to encourage multi-factorial intervention in all patients with T2DM, even those with baseline values below target levels.
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- A Prescott
- Academic Unit of Primary Care, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Technological developments in radiation therapy and other cancer therapies have led to a progressive increase in five-year survival rates over the last few decades. Although acute effects have been largely minimized by both technical advances and medical interventions, late effects remain a concern. Indeed, the need to identify those individuals who will develop radiation-induced late effects, and to develop interventions to prevent or ameliorate these late effects is a critical area of radiobiology research. In the last two decades, preclinical studies have clearly established that late radiation injury can be prevented/ameliorated by pharmacological therapies aimed at modulating the cascade of events leading to the clinical expression of radiation-induced late effects. These insights have been accompanied by significant technological advances in imaging that are moving radiation oncology and normal tissue radiobiology from disciplines driven by anatomy and macrostructure to ones in which important quantitative functional, microstructural, and metabolic data can be noninvasively and serially determined. In the current article, we review use of positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission tomography (SPECT), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR spectroscopy to generate pathophysiological and functional data in the central nervous system, lung, and heart that offer the promise of, (1) identifying individuals who are at risk of developing radiation-induced late effects, and (2) monitoring the efficacy of interventions to prevent/ameliorate them.
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- Mike E Robbins
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
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Jones B, Jennings CA, Bailey JE, Rochau GA, Maron Y, Coverdale CA, Yu EP, Hansen SB, Ampleford DJ, Lake PW, Dunham G, Cuneo ME, Deeney C, Fisher DV, Fisher VI, Bernshtam V, Starobinets A, Weingarten L. Doppler measurement of implosion velocity in fast Z-pinch x-ray sources. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2011; 84:056408. [PMID: 22181529 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.84.056408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Revised: 05/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The observation of Doppler splitting in K-shell x-ray lines emitted from optically thin dopants is used to infer implosion velocities of up to 70 cm/μs in wire-array and gas-puff Z pinches at drive currents of 15-20 MA. These data can benchmark numerical implosion models, which produce reasonable agreement with the measured velocity in the emitting region. Doppler splitting is obscured in lines with strong opacity, but red-shifted absorption produced by the cooler halo of material backlit by the hot core assembling on axis can be used to diagnose velocity in the trailing mass.
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- B Jones
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.
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Trout AT, Wang PI, Cohan RH, Bailey JE, Khalatbari S, Myles JD, Dunnick NR. Apprenticeships ease the transition to independent call: an evaluation of anxiety and confidence among junior radiology residents. Acad Radiol 2011; 18:1186-94. [PMID: 21719320 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Revised: 04/08/2011] [Accepted: 04/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to quantify resident anxiety when beginning independent call and to assess whether an apprenticeship experience (buddy call) can lessen anxiety and improve confidence. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective cohort comparison of two groups of radiology residents beginning independent call, one of which was provided with a buddy call experience, was performed. Anxiety and confidence were assessed using the Endler Multidimensional Anxiety Scales-State (EMAS-S), with total score, autonomic emotional, and cognitive worry components, and a five-point, Likert-type scale, respectively. Both groups were asked about the perceived value of a buddy call experience. RESULTS EMAS-S scores improved significantly over 5 days of call in both groups (control, n = 10, P = .0005; buddy call, n = 9, P = .0001), and image interpretation confidence correspondingly increased (control, P = .0004; buddy call, P = .003). Compared to the control group, autonomic emotional scores were significantly lower in the buddy call group on the first day of independent call (P = .040), and cognitive worry and total EMAS-S scores were significantly lower on day 5 (both P values = .03). Buddy call was independently associated with improved autonomic emotional and film interpretation confidence scores (both P values = .02). All members of the buddy call group indicated that the experience was very helpful in preparing for call. CONCLUSIONS Beginning independent call is associated with high anxiety, and buddy call reduces that anxiety, beyond the effect of time alone. Residents who participated in buddy call found it helpful in preparing for independent call. These findings support the use of buddy call and tiered call structures as means to introduce junior residents to independent call.
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Fussenegger M, Moser S, Bailey JE. pQuattro vectors allow one-step multigene metabolic engineering and auto-selection of quattrocistronic artificial mammalian operons. Cytotechnology 2011; 28:229-35. [PMID: 19003423 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008014706196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Based on internal ribosomal entry sites (IRES) of picornaviral origin we constructed a novel family of mammalian expression vectors. pQuattro vectors contain quattrocistronic artificial eukaryotic operons which link, in a single transcript, the simultaneous and coordinated as well as adjustable expression of up to three independent genes of interest to a terminal neomycin (neo) resistance marker. Due to the strict genetic linkage of the transgenes and the terminal selection marker, this genetic configuration enables, by the selection on neomycin, multigene metabolic engineering of mammalian cells in a single step (one-step metabolic engineering). Furthermore, selection on the terminal cistron of multicistronic expression units enforces cocistronic expression of all upstream encoded genes and maximises genetic integrity of the eukaryotic operon in stable mammalian cell lines, since clones harbouring damaged multicistronic expression units become neomycin-sensitive and are automatically counterselected (auto-selection). The modular set-up and the abundance of restriction sites in pQuattro vectors facilitate the movement of individual genes between multicistronic expression vectors and guarantees high compatibility with genetic elements of a wide variety of existing mammalian expression vectors.
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- M Fussenegger
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Institute of Biotechnology, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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Contemporary basic research is rapidly revealing increasingly complex molecular regulatory networks which are often interconnected via key signal integrators. These connections among regulatory and catalytic networks often frustrate bioengineers as promising metabolic engineering strategies are bypassed by compensatory metabolic responses or cause unexpected, undesired outcomes such as apoptosis, product protein degradation or inappropriate post- translational modification. Therefore, for metabolic engineering to achieve greater success in mammalian cell culture processes and to become important for future applications such as gene therapy and tissue engineering, this technology must be enhanced to allow simultaneous, in cases conditional, reshaping of metabolic pathways to access difficult-to-attain cell states. Recent advances in this new territory of multigene metabolic engineering are intimately linked to the development of multicistronic expression technology which allows the simultaneous, and in some cases, regulated expression of several genes in mammalian cells. Here we review recent achievements in multicistronic expression technology in view of multigene metabolic engineering.
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- M Fussenegger
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Institute of Biotechnology, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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Xiong L, Trout AT, Bailey JE, Brown RK, Kelly AM. Comparison of Discrepancy Rates in Resident and Faculty Interpretations of On-Call PE CT and V/Q Scans: Is One Study More Reliable During Off Hours? J Am Coll Radiol 2011; 8:415-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess sonographic appearances of hepatocellular carcinoma with particular attention to posterior acoustic effects. METHODS We performed an Institutional Review Board-approved retrospective review of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who had undergone sonographically guided procedures in our department between 2001 and 2010. A total of 247 masses thought to represent hepatocellular carcinoma were identified; 27 were excluded because of prior angioembolization (altering the sonographic appearance), alternate histologic diagnoses, and incomplete patient information or imaging. Ultimately, 220 masses in 185 patients (138 men and 47 women; average age, 59.1 years) constituted the study population. Preprocedure sonograms were reviewed in consensus by 3 abdominal radiologists; the liver echo texture, lesion echogenicity, and posterior acoustic effect were rated and correlated with patient data. RESULTS The average mass size was 3.1 cm (range, 0.7-17 cm). In total, 84.1% of the masses (n = 185) arose in abnormally echogenic/attenuating livers; 54.1% of the masses (n = 119) were predominantly hypoechoic, 23.2% (n = 51) isoechoic, and 22.7% (n = 50) hyperechoic. Target-type morphologic characteristics were noted in 41 masses. Many masses (52.7% [n = 116]) had no specific posterior acoustic effect, but nearly half (46.4%) had either mild (n = 64) or marked (n = 38) posterior acoustic enhancement. The remaining masses (0.9% [n = 2]) had posterior shadowing. Posterior acoustic enhancement was most common among hyperechoic masses (62% with posterior acoustic enhancement), target-type masses (63%), and masses larger than 5 cm (81.5%). CONCLUSIONS Posterior acoustic enhancement is present to some degree in almost half of hepatocellular carcinomas, which may relate to the tissue characteristics of the tumor or the cirrhotic liver itself. Attention to this finding, including scanning without spatial compounding, is recommended during sonographic screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in the growing population of patients with liver disease.
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- Katherine E Maturen
- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5030, USA.
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Saynak M, Veeramachaneni NK, Hubbs JL, Nam J, Qaqish BF, Bailey JE, Chung W, Marks LB. Local failure after complete resection of N0–1 non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2011; 71:156-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2010] [Revised: 04/29/2010] [Accepted: 06/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Patrone MV, Hubbs JL, Bailey JE, Marks LB. How long have I had my cancer, doctor? Estimating tumor age via Collins' law. Oncology (Williston Park) 2011; 25:38-46. [PMID: 21361242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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To estimate the"age" of cancers at the time of diagnosis, we reviewed data on the "time to local/regional recurrence" (LRF) following initial surgical resection for three common cancers, then applied a modified version of Collins' law. We conducted a systematic review of English medical literature to identify studies reporting LRF rates, over time, following surgery alone for breast, lung, or colorectal cancer. Patients who received radiation/hormones/chemotherapy were excluded since these therapies may alter tumor growth kinetics after surgery. For each disease, data were considered in three ways: 1) absolute cumulative LRF rate over time; 2) percentage of LRFs manifest over time (to facilitate comparisons between studies with different absolute magnitudes of LRFs); and 3) weighted average of the percentage of LRFs manifest over time. For breast cancer (based on data from 3043 patients from 5 studies), we found that the median time to LRF was 2.7 years. For lung cancer (based on data from 1190 patients from 4 studies), the median time to LRF was 1.5 years. For rectal cancer (based on data from 3334 patients from 10 studies), the median time to LRF was 1.5 years. Based on Collins' law, the distribution of time to LRF suggests that the age of most of the solid tumors studied was 3 to 6 years.
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Nash TJ, Rochau GA, Bailey JE. Design of dynamic Hohlraum opacity samples to increase measured sample density on Z. Rev Sci Instrum 2010; 81:10E518. [PMID: 21034046 DOI: 10.1063/1.3483230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We are attempting to measure the transmission of iron on Z at plasma temperatures and densities relevant to the solar radiation and convection zone boundary. The opacity data published by us to date has been taken at an electron density about a factor of 10 below the 9×10(22)/cm(3) electron density of this boundary. We present results of two-dimensional (2D) simulations of the heating and expansion of an opacity sample driven by the dynamic Hohlraum radiation source on Z. The aim of the simulations is to design foil samples that provide opacity data at increased density. The inputs or source terms for the simulations are spatially and temporally varying radiation temperatures with a Lambertian angular distribution. These temperature profiles were inferred on Z with on-axis time-resolved pinhole cameras, x-ray diodes, and bolometers. A typical sample is 0.3 μm of magnesium and 0.078 μm of iron sandwiched between 10 μm layers of plastic. The 2D LASNEX simulations indicate that to increase the density of the sample one should increase the thickness of the plastic backing.
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- T J Nash
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.
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Hall IM, Durmaz T, Mancini RC, Bailey JE, Rochau GA. Data processing of absorption spectra from photoionized plasma experiments at Z. Rev Sci Instrum 2010; 81:10E324. [PMID: 21034022 DOI: 10.1063/1.3479007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We discuss the processing of x-ray absorption spectra from photoionized plasma experiments at Z. The data was recorded with an imaging spectrometer equipped with two elliptically bent potassium acid phthalate (KAP) crystals. Both time-integrated and time-resolved data were recorded. In both cases, the goal is to obtain the transmission spectra for quantitative analysis of plasma conditions.
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- I M Hall
- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA.
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We analyzed intentional exposures to prescription opioids (buprenorphine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, morphine, methadone and Oxycodone) using the Research Abuse, Diversion and Addiction-Related Surveillance System (RADARS) Poison Center data over a 5 year period 2003-2007 to see if there were temporal trends in the abuse and misuse of prescription drugs associated with (1) weekends vs. weekdays and (2) during select holiday periods vs. non-holiday periods. Over the study period 25 of 120 holiday period days showed a decrease of at least 1 SD from the mean and 9 of 120 holiday period days showed an increase of at least 1 SD from the mean. Over the study period there were 144,653 intentional exposures. Mean percent of cases by day of week ranged from 14.03% to 14.39%, with slightly higher use on weekend days. There was no significant difference when evaluating prevalence of intentional exposures by day of week (p = 0.99). There was no significant difference when evaluating weekend versus weekday (p > 0.05). In summary, the prevalence of abuse and misuse of prescription drugs was not impacted by day of the week or difference between weekday and weekend. The impact of 8 traditional holidays appeared to be associated with a minor decrease in abuse and misuse of prescription drugs. No temporally related increase in abuse and misuse of prescription drugs was noted and conversely a trend toward decreased abuse and misuse of prescription drugs was suggested.
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- Henry Spiller
- Kentucky Regional Poison Center, Louisville, KY 40232-5070, USA.
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A quantitative assay of beta-galactosidase activity in single cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been developed using a fluorogenic substrate and flow cytometry [reported in Wittrup & Bailey, Cytometry, 9,394 (1988)]. The beta-galactosidase activity is expressed in yeast from the Escherichia coli lacZ gene under the control of the yeast GAL10 promoter, and is used as a marker for multicopy plasmid content. A nonfluorescent fluorogenic substrate is enzymatically cleaved by intracellular beta-galactosidase to form a fluorescent product. The accumulation of fluorescent product in single cells was found to depend on bulk substrate concentration and single-cell enzyme activity in a fashion that could not be described by a Michaelis-Menten kinetic rate form. It has been demonstrated that diffusion limitation rather than enzyme activity can determine the level of single-cell fluorescence under certain assay conditions, and a mathematical model has; been formulated which accounts for substrate and product diffusion. Guided by the mathematical model, the assay conditions were modified to allow measurement of single-cell enzyme activity rather than diffusion rates.
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- K D Wittrup
- Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Licari P, Bailey JE. Modeling the population dynamics of baculovirus-infected insect cells: Optimizing infection strategies for enhanced recombinant protein yields. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 39:432-41. [PMID: 18600964 DOI: 10.1002/bit.260390409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The insect cell-baculovirus model presented here is capable of simulating cell population dynamics, extracellular virion densities, and heterologous product titers in reasonable agreement with experimental data for a wide rang of multiplicities of infection (MOI) and times of infection. The model accounts for the infection of a single cell by multiple virions and the consequences on the time course of infection. The probability of infection by more than one virion was approximated using the Poisson distribution, which proved to be a refinement over second-order kinetics. The model tracks initiation and duration of important events in the progression of infected cell development (virus replication, recombinant protein synthesis, and cell lysis) for subpopulations delineated by the time and extent of their initial infection. The model suggests infection strategies, weighing the importance of MOI and infection time. Maximum product titers result from infection in the early exponential growth phase with low MOI.
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- P Licari
- Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Diaz-Ricci JC, Regan L, Bailey JE. Effect of alteration of the acetic acid synthesis pathway on the fermentation pattern of escherichia coli. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 38:1318-24. [PMID: 18600733 DOI: 10.1002/bit.260381109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The glucose metabolism of an Escherichia coli strain bearing mutations abolishing both acetyl phosphotransferase (PTA) and acetate kinase (ACK) activities was studied under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. These studies were conducted in a complex medium with the mutant carrying no plasmid, the mutant carrying the common cloning vector pUC19, and the mutant carrying a plasmid bearing the "pet" operon that encodes Zymomonas mobilis pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase activities. The mutant carrying no plasmid showed lower specific growth and glucose uptake rates relative to the parent wild-type strain (K-12), Lactic acid was produced at higher levels than the wild type, and considerable amounts of pyruvic acid were secreted as an unusual byproduct. Analysis of other fermentation products showed low but significant amounts of acetic acid, no accumulation of formic acid, and lower secretion of succinate and ethanol. The maintenance of the plasmid pUC19 in the mutant negatively affected metabolism. Expression of the pet operon overcame the metabolic stress caused by the plasmid, enhancing growth and glucose uptake rates to the values observed in the plasmidfree mutant. Also, expression of the pet operon allowed consumption of pyruvate accumulated during the first hours of fermentation.
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- J C Diaz-Ricci
- Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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